Part I Chemical and Molecular Foundations
1. Life Begins with Cells
2. Chemical Foundations
3. Protein Structure and Function
Part II Genetics and Molecular Biology
4. Basic Molecular Genetic Mechanisms
5. Molecular Genetic Techniques
6. Genes, Genomics, and Chromosomes
7. Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
8. Post-transcriptional Gene Control
Part III Cell Structure and Function
9. Visualizing, Fractionating, and Culturing Cells
10. Biomembrane Structure
11. Transmembrane Transport of Ions and Small Molecules
12. Cellular Energetics
13. Moving Proteins into Membranes and Organelles
14. Vesicular Traffic, Secretion, and Endocytosis
15. Cell Signaling I: Signal Transduction and Short-term Cellular Responses
16. Cell Signaling II: Signaling Pathways that Control Gene Activity
17. Cell Organization and Movement I: Microfilaments
18. Cell Organization and Movement II: Microtubules and Intermediate Filaments
19. Integrating Cells into Tissues
Part IV Cell Growth and Development
20. Regulating the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
21. Cell Birth, Lineage, and Death
22. The Molecular Cell Biology of Development
23. Nerve Cells
24. Immunology
25. Cancer